Candelabrum (2) - Gilt bronze - Cinco Brazos





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Description from the seller
They are two candelabras that perfectly embody that exuberant, elegant, and theatrical spirit of the Louis XV style reinterpretated in the first half of the twentieth century: pieces that do not seek to go unnoticed, but to fill the space with their golden, sinuous, and ornamental presence.
Golden bronze, worked with a richness of curves and counter-curves, creates an almost vegetal drawing: stems that twist, leaves that sprout, volutes that rise as if the material wanted to imitate the movement of a flame. Each of the five arms opens naturally, like branches from a single trunk, balanced in a dynamic symmetry very characteristic of French Rococo. There are no straight lines, no rigidity: everything flows, everything undulates, everything seems animated by an organic impulse.
The light marble base provides the perfect counterpoint: solidity, stability, a touch of mineral nobility that further enhances the warm shine of the bronze. That combination—marble and golden metal—was highly valued in the first half of the twentieth century to recreate the court luxury of the eighteenth with modern materials and techniques.
Taken together, they are candelabras that convey a kind, accessible luxury, theatricality without excess, a nod to French refinement reinterpreted for interiors of the last century. Decorative and functional pieces that, even without candles, seem to light the room with their own golden glow.
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Seller's Story
They are two candelabras that perfectly embody that exuberant, elegant, and theatrical spirit of the Louis XV style reinterpretated in the first half of the twentieth century: pieces that do not seek to go unnoticed, but to fill the space with their golden, sinuous, and ornamental presence.
Golden bronze, worked with a richness of curves and counter-curves, creates an almost vegetal drawing: stems that twist, leaves that sprout, volutes that rise as if the material wanted to imitate the movement of a flame. Each of the five arms opens naturally, like branches from a single trunk, balanced in a dynamic symmetry very characteristic of French Rococo. There are no straight lines, no rigidity: everything flows, everything undulates, everything seems animated by an organic impulse.
The light marble base provides the perfect counterpoint: solidity, stability, a touch of mineral nobility that further enhances the warm shine of the bronze. That combination—marble and golden metal—was highly valued in the first half of the twentieth century to recreate the court luxury of the eighteenth with modern materials and techniques.
Taken together, they are candelabras that convey a kind, accessible luxury, theatricality without excess, a nod to French refinement reinterpreted for interiors of the last century. Decorative and functional pieces that, even without candles, seem to light the room with their own golden glow.
Certified shipping and careful packing.

